| Six Songs | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Extended play by Melvins | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Recorded | 8 February 1986 at Ironwood Studios in Seattle Washington | |
| Genre | Sludge Metal, Punk Rock | |
| Length | 12:47 (Six Songs) 18:43 (8 Songs) 24:50 (10 Songs) | |
| Label | C/Z Records | |
| Producer | Chris Hanzsek | |
| Melvins chronology | ||
| Debut Release (N/A) |
Six Songs (1986) |
Gluey Porch Treatments (1987) |
Six Songs (Also commonly known as Melvins! and later releases such as 8 Songs and 10 Songs) is the debut studio release by the Washington sludge metal band Melvins. Recorded as part of two sessions on 8 February 1986, it would be released initially as a six-song 7" EP later that year, with reissues to follow in 1991. Along with the Deep Six compilation released in March 1986, this would be the only Melvins release on C/Z Records.
Background[]
Following recording of a series of songs for the Deep Six compilation in 1985, the Melvins would begin recording live to two-track tape on 8 February 1986 in two separate sessions. In an interview, Crover would note that the two different recording sessions and described the original 7" as sounding "boxed in":
| “ | "The way it was (recorded), it could have been better. We set up live in a 24-track studio and the original 7” sounds all boxed in. Since it was our first record, we really didn’t know what we were doing. I think the songs are OK, but the sound quality should have been much better for what it was. The re-release of that on C/Z was actually a different recording. We recorded the songs twice because on the first one, the vocals were a little bit distorted, a little bit too hot, and our bass player (Matt Lukin of Mudhoney) had only changed one string on his bass, so this one string was really bright and the others were dead. We went back in the studio and did them again and put the second (session) out. When we listened back to the first one a long time later, we just thought it sounded way better, so when they re-issued it (on C/Z) we had them put that one out." | ” |
— Dale Crover, themelvins.net [1]
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Six Songs was originally released in 1986 as a 7" EP. In 1991 the other session would be re-issued as 10 Songs on CD and 8 Songs on 12" Vinyl, referred to by Buzz Osborne as "a bogus album". Notably the vinyl edition would be limited to 2000 copies (1500 black, 500 white). On 11 March 2003 the majority of the band's recording sessions around this time would be released as 26 Songs via Ipecac Recordings.
Tracklist[]
Six Songs[]
- A1. Easy As It Was (2:54)
- A2. Now A Limo (0:55)
- A3. Grinding Process (2:37)
- B1. At A Crawl (3:04)
- B2. Disinvite (1:22)
- B3. Snake Appeal (1:39)
8 Songs[]
- A1. Easy As It Was (2:54)
- A2. Now A Limo (0:55)
- A3. Grinding Process (2:37)
- A4. #2 Pencil (3:08)
- B1. At A Crawl (3:04)
- B2. Disinvite (1:22)
- B3. Snake Appeal (1:39)
- B4. Show Off Your Red Hands (2:57)
10 Songs[]
- 1. Easy as It Was (2:54)
- 2. Now a Limo (0:55)
- 3. Grinding Process (2:37)
- 4. #2 Pencil (3:08)
- 5. At A Crawl (3:04)
- 6. Disinvite (1:22)
- 7. Snake Appeal (1:39)
- 8. Show Off Your Red Hands (2:57)
- 9. Over From Underground (2:22)
- 10. Cray Fish (3:06)
Personnel[]
- Buzz Osborne - Guitar, Vocals
- Matt Lukin - Bass
- Dale Crover - Drums
- Chris Hanzsek - Producer, Engineer
- Gina Griffin - Assistant Engineer
- Jerry Irwin - Assistant Engineer
- Paul Scoles - Assistant Engineer
External Links[]
- Six Songs on The Melvins Wiki
- Eight Songs on The Melvins Wiki
- Ten Songs on The Melvins Wiki
- / Discogs
References[]
- ↑ themelvins.netSix Songs, accessed 3 December 2020